The Idea of Canonicity in Orthodox Liturgical Art

First published in Composing and Chanting in the Orthodox Church: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, Joensuu: ISOCM/University of Joensuu, 2009, 337-342  © 2009 Ivan Moody All rights reserved.   The Idea of Canonicity in Orthodox Liturgical Art Ivan Moody  “Divine beauty is transmitted to all that exists, and it is…

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Contemporary Art as Theophany

To-day in England we think as little of art as though we had been caught up from earth and set in some windy side street of the universe among the stars. Disgust at the daily deathbed which is Europe has made us hunger and thirst for the kindly ways of righteousness, and we want to save our souls.…

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